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Manitoba couple embraces green living in province’s sole certified passive home

Published: January 10, 2024

Jan. 10, 2024 – Global News – Randy Webber and Mavis Lewis-Webber are embracing green living in Manitoba’s sole certified-passive…+

Published: September 8, 2023

Sept. 8, 2023 – The National Observer – Ryan Kelly was already a heat pump advocate when he installed one…+

Geothermal or earth energy systems and ground-source heat pumps have been generating plenty of buzz in Manitoba in recent years for their…+

On this page, we will briefly introduce the following “green building” construction standards and programs available and show you where to…+

Green roofs, or rooftop gardens, refer to incorporating plants into a building’s roofing system. There are two basic types of…+

Good air ventilation is not so much a tool for reducing greenhouse gas emissions itself as it is an important…+

This construction method uses bales of straw for walls or wall insulation, which are usually covered in stucco. In an…+

Doors are generally not the energy guzzlers that windows are, simply because there are far fewer of them in a house….+

Statistically, windows are to blame for roughly 13% of air leakage in a house. (1) Any uncontrolled air movement in…+

Controlling air leakage is one of the cheapest – and most important – ways to make sure your home is…+